The SELECT statement is used to
pull information from a table. The general form of the statement
is:

SELECT what_to_select
FROM which_table
WHERE conditions_to_satisfy;

what_to_select indicates what you
want to see. This can be a list of columns, or
* to indicate “all columns.”which_table indicates the table from
which you want to retrieve data. The WHERE
clause is optional. If it is present,
conditions_to_satisfy specifies one
or more conditions that rows must satisfy to qualify for
retrieval.